2019 HEADLINES
Vents Magazine: The Coolies Raise Over $15,000 for ALS Research
December 11, 2019
InStyle: Need a Gift For a Guy in Your Life? Adam Scott Has Four Great Ideas
December 10, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle: A's Piscotty Part of Baseball's ALS Charity Auction
December 9, 2019
UCSF: Weill Neurohub Will Unite UCSF, UC Berkeley, U. of Washington to Find New Treatments for Brain Diseases
November 12, 2019
Spotlight on...Kathy Beallo: A Caregiver Creating a Legacy of Service and Support
November 9, 2019
FOX 11: 2019 ALS Walk Featuring Renée Zellweger, Courteney Cox, Adam Scott
November 4, 2019
Hollywood Reporter: Adam Scott Joins Fight Against ALS Alongside Renée Zellweger, Courteney Cox at Charity Walk
November 3, 2019
KITV4: Aging Well: Waikele Woman With ALS Works to Help Others With the Disease
November 2, 2019
Now This News: Joe Biden Hasn't Met with Terminally Ill Activist Ady Barkan
October 2, 2019
Billboard: The Muff's Frontwoman Kim Shattuck Dies at 56
October 2, 2019
Rolling Stone: Kim Shattuck, Muffs Founder and Singer, Dead at 56
October 2, 2019
Pitchfork: The Muff's Kim Shattuck Remembered by Green Day, Pixies, Veruca Salt, Waxahatchee, More
October 2, 2019
The Wrap: Kim Shattuck, Lead Singer and Songwriter for The Muffs, Dies at 56
October 2, 2019
The Napa Valley Register: Napa Valley Ride to Defeat ALS Raises $1 Million
September 24, 2019
The New York Times: Ady Barkan Won't Let Dying Stop His Activism
September 19, 2019
People: Dad and Activist Can't Hold His Son Anymore Due to ALS — but He's Not Going to Stop Fighting Yet
September 19, 2019
Now This: Julián Castro Discusses the Future of Health Care with Ady Barkan
September 17, 2019
The ALS Association Golden West Chapter to Honor Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. as a Champion in the Search for Treatments and Cures for ALS
September 16, 2019
The ALS Association Golden West Chapter to Honor Fred Noteware as a Champion in the Fight Against ALS
September 11, 2019
ALS Has Paralyzed His Body. Activism. His Family and Love Are Keeping Him Resilient
September 9, 2019
Time: How My Dying Body Could Help Give Yours a Future
September 9, 2019
Medicare for All Activist with ALS Ady Barkan on Why He Advocates: 'It Gives Me a Reason to Get Up Every Day'
September 4, 2019
InMenlo: Menlo School Water Polo does #ALSBucketChallenge in Support of M-A Parent
September 3, 2019
An Important Annnouncement About Former Chapter Board Member, Rusty Selix
August 29, 2019
SF Examiner: Supercomputers and a Cure: A's ALS Awareness Day Takes a Leap
August 21, 2019
The Silicon Valley Voice: 49ers Honor Number 87, Dwight Clark on 8/7
August 9, 2019
WBUR: Team Challenge ALS: Friendship and a $2 Million Basketball Tournament
August 9, 2019
ABC News: Great Strides in ALS Research 5 Years After Ice Bucket Challenge Broke the Internet
August 8, 2019
The San Francisco Examiner: Niners Host ALS Patients for Dwight Clark Celebration
August 7, 2019
KPIX 5: 49ers Host Dwight Clark Day at Levi's Stadium
August 7, 2019
FOX 2: Dwight Clark Day at 49ers Training Camp Commemorates 'The Catch'
August 7, 2019
LA Weekly: Uh Oh - Pandoras and Muffs Return In The Coolies
August 1, 2019
Niners Nation: 49ers to Host "Dwight Clark Day" on 8/7 During Opening Training Camp Practice
August 1, 2019
Challenge Me to Halt the Progression of ALS
July 30, 2019
Stanford Medicine: Key Gene Behind Hallmark of Lou Gehrig's Disease Identified
July 29, 2019
Challenge Me to Find More ALS genes
July 23, 2019
TheScientist: Neuroscientist Rahul Desikan Dies
July 19, 2019
Today: 5 Years Later, Man with ALS Who Popularized Ice Bucket Challenge Still Inspires
July 19, 2019
Challenge Me to Finish What Was Started
July 17, 2019
Classic Rock: Jason Becker Interview: A Triumph of the Heart
July 10, 2019
Challenge Me to Make the Impossible Possible
July 9, 2019
Record-breaking Attendance at Fresno Grizzlies Fourth of July Firework Extravaganza
July 5, 2019
Challenge Me to Revolutionze the Treatment of ALS
June 29, 2019
KPIX: Solar Invention Spurs Idea to Bring Light to Impoverished Communities Across Globe
June 19, 2019
HuffPost: I'm Dying of ALS, And Watching Congress Debate Health Care This Week Gave Me Hope
June 13, 2019
The Modest Bee: 'He Lost Who He Was.' How Oakdale Teen is Healing After Disease Killed His Dad
June 12, 2019
The Modest Bee: Teen Shares Pain of Losing Dad to ALS
June 11, 2019
Yahoo: Cytokinetics and The ALS Association Renew Partnership to Advance the Fight Against ALS
May 31, 2019
ABC7: San Francisco Giants Super Fan Fights to End ALS While Struggling with the Disease Himself
May 24, 2019
Now This: Ady Barkan Asks Representative to Support Medicare for All
May 22, 2019
UCSF: Rahul Desikan, MD, PhD Investigates the Science and Experience of ALS
May 22, 2019
Spotlight on: Cheryl Wallengren and Claire Whitaker, The Power of Love and Family
May 19, 2019
Challenge Me to Change the Fight Against ALS Forever
May 14, 2019
Kaiser Permanente: Service Leaders Recognized with Donations to Local Charities
May 13, 2019
Spotlight On: Juri Kameda, Reflections on Motherhood and ALS
May 12, 2019
STAT: I Have ALS. I Wish a Polygenic Analysis Had Told Me it Was Coming
April 30, 2019
The Intercept: Ady Barkan Is Making What Is Likely His Last Long Journey - and It's to Testify in Support of Medicare for All
April 30, 2019
Newsweek: Who Is Ady Barkan? Dying Health Care Activist Vows To Appear At House Medicare For All Hearing
April 29, 2019
Politico: 'Medicare for All' Poised for its Moment
April 29, 2019
Vox: Democrats' Historic, Messy, First-Ever Medicare-for-All Hearings, Explained
April 30, 2019
Fifth Annual Jim Tracy 5K To Defeat ALS Returns To Golden Gate Park On Sunday, April 28
April 28, 2019
The Garden Island: One of the Lucky Ones
April 28, 2019
The Acorn: Ride on against ALS
April 25, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle: UCSF technology could be breakthrough for those who have lost ability to speak
April 24, 2019
UCSF: Synthetic Speech Generated from Brain Recordings
April 24, 2019
Nature: Speech Synthesis from Neutral Decoding of Spoken Sentences
April 24, 2019
Community Invited to Join the Fight Against ALS on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at the 7th Annual Sonoma County Walk to Defeat ALS
April 22, 2019
KEYT: Over $33,000 Raised in Walk to Support ALS Community in San Luis Obispo
April 14, 2019
Your Central Valley: Local Celebrities Will Tee Up at New Event to Help Local ALS Association Chapter
April 14, 2019
Spotlight On: Devin Ward- inaugural San Luis Obispo Walk Hero Award Winner (and Bird Of A Different Color)
April 12, 2019
The Signal: How You Can Help Valencia Softball and Baseball Raise Awareness for ALS
April 8, 2019
Politico: The Most Powerful Activist in America Is Dying
March 24, 2019
Spotlight On...Gwen Petersen A Determined ALS Fighter
March 14, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle: Insight: Genetic research may hold promise for ALS, Alzheimer's
March 1, 2019
Los Angeles Times: Burbank man with ALS welcomes adrenaline rush from 100-mph laps around racetrack
March 1, 2019
San Francisco Chronicle: With Anonymous $25,000 Gift, ALS-stricken Songwriter's Music Lives On
February 26, 2019
Your Central Valley: Campaign Asks to #VoiceYourLove for Those Who Can't
February 17, 2019
KSEE 24: Families Hit by ALS Say More Awareness is Still Needed for the Disease
February 14, 2019
New public awareness campaign encourages people to voice their love and honor those living with ALS who have lost their ability to speak
February 11, 2019